Describe the bug

When USE_APISERVER_CACHE was introduced in #1018, it calls DeleteOrEvictPods with a list of pods that NTH has retrieved to avoid the ETCD quorum read.

The problem with calling this function directly as it by-passes any of the pre-filtering performed by kubectl drainer interface to ensure that certain Pods like those owned by a Daemonset are not evicted. This is why NTH calls RunNodeDrain which does encompass those checks.

Steps to reproduce

Configure NTH with both USE_APISERVER_CACHE and IGNORE_DAEMON_SETS - observe DaemonSet Pods are evicted.

Expected outcome

DaemonSet Pods are not evicted.

Application Logs

Environment

• NTH App Version: v1.22.1
• NTH Mode (IMDS/Queue processor): Queue Processor
• OS/Arch:
• Kubernetes version:
• Installation method: Helm Chart